List of 50 Top Hollywood Ghost Movies

1.
The Changeling (1980)
    7.3/10  
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion finds himself being haunted by the presence of a spectre. (107 mins.)
Director: Peter Medak
Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh

2.
Burnt Offerings (1976)
    6.5/10  
Ben and Marian Rolf rent a grand old country mansion as a summer getaway for themselves, their twelve year old son Davey... (116 mins.)
Director: Dan Curtis
Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart

3.
The Shining (1980)
    8.4/10  
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. (146 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

4.
The Haunting (1963)
    7.6/10  
A scientist doing research on the paranormal invites two women to a haunted mansion. One of the participants soon starts losing her mind. (112 mins.)
Director: Robert Wise
Stars: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
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5.
Rule Number One (2008)
    6.4/10  
An action-thriller that follows the events that occur after a man calls the police to let them know of the mysterious presence in his house.
Director: Kelvin Tong
Stars: Shawn Yue, Ekin Cheng, Stephanie Che, Renee Lee

6.
The House (2007)
    5.8/10  
This is inspired by a true story of three horrible murders that happened to three women in years past... (110 mins.)
Director: Monthon Arayangkoon
Stars: Inthira Charoenpura, Chutcha Rujinanon, Chamanun Wanwinwatsara, Khomsan Nanthajit
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7.
Ouija Board (2004)
    5.9/10  
Yu-jin and her blind mother move to a small village from Seoul. On her first day at the new school, Yu-jin gets picked on by her classmates... (92 mins.)
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
8.
Shutter (2004)
    7.1/10  
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past. (97 mins.)
9.
Voices (2007)
    5.7/10  
This creepy, supernatural thriller revolves around the paranoid belief that those dearest to you may want you dead. (85 mins.)
Director: Ki-hwan Oh
10.
Whispering Corridors (1998)
    6.2/10  
While investigating the school files, the frightened teacher Mrs. Park startles and calls the young teacher Eun-young Hur... (105 mins.)
Director: Ki-hyeong Park
11.
The Red Shoes (2005)
    6.0/10  
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go. (103 mins.)
Director: Yong-gyun Kim
12.
The Fog (1980)
    6.8/10  
Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers but no one believes it. On the eve of the town's centennial many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers. (89 mins.)
Director: John Carpenter
13.
The Others (2001)
    7.6/10  
A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted. (101 mins.)
14.
The Amityville Horror (1979)
    6.2/10  
Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away. (117 mins.)
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
15.
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
    5.6/10  
A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past. (93 mins.)
Director: William Malone
16.
Apartment 1303 (2007)
    4.9/10  
A modern ghost story which turns a love hate relationship between mother and daughter into a tale of horror. (94 mins.)
Director: Ataru Oikawa
17.
The Orphanage (2007)
    7.5/10  
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend. (105 mins.)
Director: J.A. Bayona
18.
Silk (2006)
    6.6/10  
In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building... (108 mins.)
Director: Chao-Pin Su
19.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
    8.2/10  
A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. (107 mins.)
20.
Stir of Echoes (1999)
    7.0/10  
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her. (99 mins.)
Director: David Koepp
21.
The Appeared (2007)
    6.1/10  
One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago... (120 mins.)
Director: Paco Cabezas
22.
Phone (2002)
    6.3/10  
After writing a series of articles about pedophilia, the journalist Ji-won receives threatening calls on her cellular and she changes her number... (104 mins.)
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
23.
Sop Dek 2002 (2011)
    5.0/10  
Inspired by the true story of a woman who claimed that the ghost of her aborted child was haunting her.
Director: Poj Arnon
24.
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
    5.9/10  
After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history. (92 mins.)
Director: Peter Cornwell
25.
The Unborn (2003)
    5.8/10  
After waking up in a hospital to discover that she has been pregnant for ten weeks, a drug addict begins to experience vivid hallucinations. (108 mins.)
Director: Bhandit Thongdee
26.
The Eye (2002)
    6.7/10  
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realized she could even see ghosts. (99 mins.)
27.
They Wait (2007)
    5.3/10  
A young mother and her six-year-old son come face to face with the mysteries of two murders and a great crime against the Chinese community into which they have recently arrived from Shanghai. (99 mins.)
Director: Ernie Barbarash
28.
The Heirloom (2005)
    5.5/10  
A Taiwanese man returns to the island after years abroad when he inherits a house; when he and his fiancé move in, strange things start to happen. (97 mins.)
Director: Leste Chen
29.
Carnival of Souls (1962)
    7.2/10  
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. (78 mins.)
Director: Herk Harvey
30.
The Entity (1982)
    6.6/10  
Supposedly based partially on a true story, a woman is tormented and sexually molested by an invisible demon. (125 mins.)
Director: Sidney J. Furie
31.
Arang (2006)
    6.2/10  
A salt storehouse near the sea may be haunted. A penniless ex-con dies a gristly death in a house he can ill afford... (97 mins.)
Director: Sang-hoon Ahn
32.
Wind Chill (2007)
    5.9/10  
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays, but when they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they are preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there. (91 mins.)
Director: Gregory Jacobs
33.
The Messengers (2007)
    5.4/10  
An ominous darkness invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family is torn apart by suspicion, mayhem and murder. (90 mins.)
34.
Lady in White (1988)
    6.7/10  
An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a small town during the 1960's, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl. (112 mins.)
Director: Frank LaLoggia
35.
Poltergeist (1982)
    7.4/10  
A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts. (114 mins.)
Director: Tobe Hooper
36.
Dark Water (2002)
    6.7/10  
A mother and her 6 year old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water. (101 mins.)
Director: Hideo Nakata
37.
Insidious (2010)
    6.8/10  
A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. (103 mins.)
Director: James Wan
38.
Yoga Class (2009)
    5.2/10  
After the co-host of a shopping channel TV show loses her job to a younger rival, she enrolls in an intensive yoga course... (97 mins.)
Director: Jae-yeon Yun
39.
The Sentinel (1977)
    6.4/10  
Not ready for marriage, a fashion model moves into an unbelievably nice Brooklyn Heights apartment, where scary occurrences turn into a much more frightening turn of events. (92 mins.)
Director: Michael Winner
40.
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
    7.5/10  
After Carlos, a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War, arrives at an ominous boy's orphanage he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover. (106 mins.)
41.
Ghost Ship (2002)
    5.5/10  
A salvage crew that discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea soon notices, as they prepare to tow it back to land, that "strange things" happen... (91 mins.)
Director: Steve Beck
42.
Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room (2006 TV Movie)
    7.0/10  
In Spain, the sports journalist Juan has a perfect life with his wife Sonia: they have just had a baby... (77 mins.)
43.
Fingerprints (2006)
    5.0/10  
Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed. (95 mins.)
Director: Harry Basil
44.
Ring (1998)
    7.3/10  
Ruthlessly murdered by her father, the ghost of a seer's daughter kills all those who watch a weird video after 7 days; unless the viewer finds the escape clause. (96 mins.)
Director: Hideo Nakata
45.
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
    6.7/10  
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides. (92 mins.)
Director: Takashi Shimizu
46.
Ghostbusters (1984)
    7.8/10  
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service. (105 mins.)
Director: Ivan Reitman
47.
The Woman in Black (1989 TV Movie)
    7.4/10  
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate... (100 mins.)
Director: Herbert Wise
48.
Body (2007)
    6.7/10  
Chon is suffering from nightmares. He tries not to sleep because he's scared of a girl that he sees each night in his dreams... (125 mins.)
49.
Paranormal Activity (2007)
    6.3/10  
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence. (86 mins.)
Director: Oren Peli
50.
The Innocents (1961)
    7.9/10  
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted. (100 mins.)
Director: Jack Clayton

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